USS K. I. Luckenbach

USS K. I. Luckenbach (ID-2291) was a cargo ship and troop transport that served in the United States Navy from 1918 to 1919.

Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service, K. I. Luckenbach served as a cargo ship, supplying the American Expeditionary Force in France.

Between 12 August 1918 and 22 December 1918, she made two round-trip voyages carrying general U.S. Army cargo to France.

After conversion into a transport, she made three round-trip voyages in 1919 to assist in returning American troops from France.

[1] Midway through 1933, K. I. Luckenbach received press coverage when San Francisco, California, automobile dealer James F. Waters purchased 350 new DeSoto and Plymouth automobiles from the New York distributor and, for publicity purposes, elected to ship them to San Francisco via the Panama Canal, an event that was well publicized by DeSoto's sales office.